Garment pocket



Oct. 4, 1966 A. BELZER GARMENT POCKET Filed April 22, 1964 INVENTOR. ALFRED 351.252

mu 5b 6 United States Patent 3,276,040 GARMENT POCKET Alfred Belzer, 209-45 18th Ave., Bayside, N.Y. Filed Apr. 22, 1964, Ser. No. 361,730 1 Claim. '(Cl. 2-- 250) This invention relates to a garment pocket and refers more particularly to a double breast pocket for a coat which is designed to prevent an article or articles carried in the pocket from accidentally falling out of the pocket.

Mens suit coats and sport jackets are cutomarily provided with one or more inner breast pockets which are generally of the slit type. It is also common for the user at times to carry a number of articles, such as billfolds, cigarette cases, eyeglasses, etc. in these breast pockets. For most purposes these pockets are quite satisfactory for the intended use. On the other hand, if the user while wearing the coat or jacket bends over, there is a likelihood that the articles carried in the pocket may spill out. This is also a possible occurrence when the wearer removes his jacket and folds it over one arm as during warm weather.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the present in vention to provide a double breast pocket for a coat or jacket which in use securely retains articles placed therein even to the extent that the articles will not accidentally slip out if the pocket is fully inverted.

Another object is to provide a double breast pocket for a coat which is simple to fashion and easily formed in the coat or jacket during manufacture.

Still another object is to provide a coat breast pocket with retaining means for securely holding articles placed therein which are of less height than the pocket is deep.

Other objects of the present invention will become apparent during the course of the following specification.

In achieving the aforementioned objectives of the present invention it was found advantageous to provide a double breast pocket for a coat or jacket which comprises upper and lower, spaced pocket elements connected to the insideliningof a coat or jacket at breast level. The lower pocket element is closed along its sides and bottom edge and the upper pocket element is closed along its sides and top edge. The upper edge of the lower pocket element and bottom edge of the upper pocket element are left open and thus provide opposed access openings for inserting articles into the pocket. The upper pocket element is generally of a greater height than the lower pocket element and any article intended to be carried in the pocket. Thus, the article to be carried is first inserted up into the upper pocket element and then slid down into the lower pocket element. Since the lower pocket element is of lesser height than the article, the article will also extend partly into the upper pocket element. In this manner, the article is retained by both pocket elements and it is virtually impossible for it to accidentally fall out of the pocket if the jacket is inverted etc.

According to the invention, the pocket may also be constructed for retaining articles which are smaller in length than the height of the pocket. In this case, the jacket is provided with an outer pocket element similar to the lower pocket element as described above, and another smaller retainer pocket element located down inside the outer pocket element. The retainer pocket element is arranged in opposite relation to the lower pocket element. Thus its top edge is closed and its bottom edge is left open. The small article to be carried in the pocket is inserted down into the lower pocket element and slid in under the retainer pocket element. If the jacket is thereafter inverted or the wearer bends over, the retainer pocket will prevent the article from sliding out of the lower pocket element.

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The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing showing by way of example, the preferred embodiments of the inventive concept.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a. view in elevation of a breast pocket constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention, the breast pocket being in an inside-out folded condition.

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view as taken along line II-JI of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is the same as FIGURE 2 except that an article is shown being retained in the breast pocket.

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 1 illustrating another form of the breast pocket of the present invention.

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view as taken along line V-V of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the use of several elastic strips on each pocket element for holding the open edge thereof in close contact with the garment.

FIGURE 7 is an end view of a pocket element showing a somewhat different construction of elastic strip for holding the open edge of the pocket element against the garment.

Throughout the specification like reference numerals are used to indicate like parts.

Referring to FIGURE 1 of the drawing the breast pocket 10 is attached on the inside lining 11 of a suit coat or jacket 12, the jacket being shown in a folded inside-out condition. 'Breast pocket 10 comprises upper and lower pocket elements 13 and 14 respectively which are stitched or otherwise affixed to lining 11, the particu lar means of affixing the pocket elements not being illustrated. Upper pocket element 13 comprises a panel or piece of fabric which is folded at its side margins 15 and 16 to the lining so that the bottom edge 18 of pocket element 13 defines an opening providing access to the upper pocket element. Lower pocket element 14 similarly comprises a panel or piece of fabric which is folded at its side margins 19 and 20 and along its lower margin 21, the margins being sewn to the lining so that upper edge 22 defines an opening providing access to lower pocket element 14.

The use of the double breast pocket may be best seen by referring to FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawing. As seen in FIGURE 2, the upper and lower pocket elements 13 and 14 are vertically spaced a distance apart so that the lower edge 18 of pocket element 13 and the upper edge 22 of pocket element 14 are parallel spaced a short distance from each other. It is intended that upper pocket element 13 be of greater length than the lower pocket element 14, and also greater than the length of the article 23 to be carried in the pocket. The article 23 may be a billfold, envelope, document or other article customarily and advantageously carried in the breast pocket. The article 23 is inserted in the breast pocket by first inserting it through the opening at the bottom edge 18 of upper pocket element 13. The article is then pushed up into the upper reaches of upper pocket element 13 until its lower edge is above the upper edge 22- of lower pocket element 14. The article is then pressed flat against lining 11 and is allowed to drop down into lower pocket element 14 until it is fully supported therein as shown in FIGURE 3. It will be noted that the lower pocket element 14 is made of a lesser length than the article 23 intended to be supported therein. Thus, an upper portion of the article will remain extended into the upper pocket element 13. With this arrangement, it becomes virtually impossible for the article to acciden- 3 tally fall out of the double breast pocket 10, even if the jacket is fully inverted as when the wearer removes it and folds it over one arm.

FIGURES 4 and 5 illustrate a double breast pocket 30 which-is particularly suited for retaining articles which are smaller in length than the pocket itself. Double breast pocket 30 comprises an outer pocket element 31 which comprises a panel or piece of fabric which is folded along its side margins 32 and 33 and along its lower margin 34, the margins being sewn to the lining 35 of coat 36 as by stitching. The double breast pocket 30 also includes an inner smaller, retainer pocket element 38 which is inverted relative to the outer pocket element and located inside the outer pocket element a distance below the upper edge 39. Inner pocket element 38 comprises a panel or piece of fabric which is stitched along its side 40, 41 and top margins 42 to the inner face of thepanel of outer pocket element 31, the lower margin 43 being left open. Double breast pocket 30 is intended for use in retaining articles 44 which are of smaller length than the length of outer pocket element 31, as for example, cigarette lighters, card cases etc. The article is first inserted down into the bottom of outer pocket element 31; It is then inserted up into inner pocket element 38 to the position as shown in FIGURE 5. This construction is essentially intended for articles, such as cigarette lighters, which are narrower than the distance between the edge 43 of the inner pocket and the bottom 34 of the outer pocket but are of greater length. Such articles are placed sidewise into the outer pocket and then raised by pressure exerted from the outside so that their upper end will extend into the inner pocket. Papers and other soft articles can be bent prior to their insertion into the outer pocket so that the bent portion will be located in the inner pocket. Furthermore, the inner pocket 38 of FIG. 4 may be located in the upper pocket 13 of FIG. 1. In this manner, the inner pocket element securely retains the article from accidental falling out if the coat or jacket 36 is inverted or the wearer bends over.

In order to add to the security with which the double breast pocket of the present invention retains articles, each pocket element may be provided with elastic adjacent its open edge to hold the panel of the pocket element in close contact with the garment or article. As seen in FIGURE 6, the pocket element 50 which comprises a panel 51 intended to be connected along its lower edge (not shown) and side margins 52 and 53 to the garment, has an open upper edge 54. Elastic strips 55 and 56 are sewn to the inner face of the panel adjacent edge 54 and near the ends thereof. The elastic strips tend to shorten the efiective length of edge 54 and thus pull that portion of the pocket element into close contact with the garment or article carried in the pocket if the article extends beyond the open edge 54,

FIGURE 7 illustrates a somewhat different form of construction wherein a single elastic strip 57 is sewn to inner surface of panel 58 and extends the full width of the panel as shown.

While there is albove disclosed but some embodiments of the double breast pocket of the present invention, it is possible to produce still other embodiments without departing from the scope of the inventive concept herein disclosed.

What is claimed is:

A double breastpocket for the lining of a coat or the like, said double breast pocket comprising:

an elongated panel having parallel side margins and a lower edge, said panel being connected along said side margins and said lower edge to the coat lining and constituting an article receiving pocket element for supporting the article, said panel being of greater length than the article; and

another separate elongated panel having parallel side margins spaced at a lesser distance from each other than the side margins of the first-mentioned panel, and an upper'edge, said other panel being connected along its side margins and upper edge to the firstmentioned panel a distance below the upper edge of said first-mentioned panel and intermediate said firstmentioned panel and sai-d coat lining, said other panel having an open lower edge spaced from the lower edge of the first-mentioned panel, whereby an article may vbe inserted into the first-mentioned pocket element and its upper portion may be in serted into the retainer'pocket element constituted by said other panel to prevent removal of the article from the first-mentioned pocket element.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 53,166 3/1866 Miller 2-252 243,506 6/ 1881 Car-son.

610,513 9/1898 Broad 2-252 7 1,091,262 3/1914 Walsh 2-250 1,743,045 1/1930 Musselman 2-252 2,883,763 4/ 1959 Solomon 2-253 2,899,684 8/1959 Riley 2-254 2,988,750 6/ 1961 Reed 2-254 FOREIGN PATENTS 587,019 11/1959 Canada. 179,859 5/ 1922 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

A, R. GUEST, Assistant Examiner. 

